Dutch Maid Logistics -- Orientation/Training

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

You missed my other half by about 45 minutes, darnit! He departed at 1615'ish. Aughh! He's going to Campbell's today, so no need to look at Pep, LoL.

Questions ... re: the safety/training videos; Was one of them inclusive of a trainer named Brian? Also . . have you run into Luc (driver?) or Optical/Josh or Jacob(driver?)

Curious! I'm so glad DML is working out for you, man. Now YOU can be their mascot, on TT...firsthand experience. Love it!

Best always;

~ Anne ~

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

I read that part Anne

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

You missed my other half by about 45 minutes, darnit! He departed at 1615'ish. Aughh! He's going to Campbell's today, so no need to look at Pep, LoL.

Questions ... re: the safety/training videos; Was one of them inclusive of a trainer named Brian? Also . . have you run into Luc (driver?) or Optical/Josh or Jacob(driver?)

Curious! I'm so glad DML is working out for you, man. Now YOU can be their mascot, on TT...firsthand experience. Love it!

Best always;

~ Anne ~

Have not run into Luc, but Jeff told us about him and said that he has been their top driver for like 5 straight months and shows no signs of giving that spot up any time soon.

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

I read that part Anne

Just thinking about what you have been experiencing where you are, well, I don't think you would have any of those worries here. That is my opinion, but you know what they say about opinions...

Like buttholes: Everyone has one and they all stink.

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

I read that part Anne

OOPS... busted!!!

That's AWESOME about Luc . . . Tom & I keep in touch with him, to a point. Happy to hear! (DML should hire 'me' as a recruiter, haha!)

Wonder if Optical is still there; he hasn't stopped back in MONTHS. Also, still wonder ....is Brian still (or again) a trainer, or even there?

Thanks, Kerry!!

~ Anne ~

Awesome updates, Kerry. That's great to know about how they feel about the 'trainer' situation. Two Sides needs to read that, haha!

I read that part Anne

OOPS... busted!!!

That's AWESOME about Luc . . . Tom & I keep in touch with him, to a point. Happy to hear! (DML should hire 'me' as a recruiter, haha!)

Wonder if Optical is still there; he hasn't stopped back in MONTHS. Also, still wonder ....is Brian still (or again) a trainer, or even there?

Thanks, Kerry!!

~ Anne ~

I have no idea about Optical and Brian. Just met my trainer this evening.

Actually have to go to sleep now, or I really should. Have to be up at 2:00 to leave out at 2:30.

Headed to a city that the name is totally escaping me to pick up a load for a 11:00 delivery in Syracuse.

Glad its going well for ya man. East bound and down, loaded up and truckin!!!

Glad its going well for ya man. East bound and down, loaded up and truckin!!!

And my trainer has a CB. This is going to get interesting real quick. I hope he doesn't listen to country music. I might have to request a different trainer on the grounds that I must maintain my sanity.

1st day+ out with trainer:

Thankfully my trainer doesn't listen to country music. He is former military, like myself, but sometimes he talks too much. I would prefer for things to be kept a bit more professional, but I do appreciate that he doesn't have that drill instructor mentality. He definitely has some bad habits as a driver, so I have a running list of things not to do while driving. Trainer notified me that he was coming in to Willard, OH and that we had to leave out at 02:30. Offered to have me join him for dinner. So, met with trainer and did the typical meet&great.

02:20, I am ready to go. I get coffee at Circle K across the street from the hotel. Trainer picks me up at 02:40. At this point, I don't have a login for the onboard ELD, so trainer is driving. We bobtail from Willard, OH to a drop yard in Solon, OH to pickup a trailer. Hook up and trainer is putting in the address where we are headed into the GPS. Load is headed to Syracuse, NY. He realizes that we are going to be over an hour late. Trainer doesn't call dispatch and doesn't call the receiver to see if he can reschedule. He is trying to figure out how we lost over an hour and then he realizes that he forgot to include the miles driving from Dutch Maid terminal to drop yard when calculating the time needed for the load to arrive in time.

On the way to Syracuse, NY, trainer decides that we should stop at a truck stop to eat. He said that we were already going to be late, so might as well stop to eat. We did this after having already stopped at a rest area for a 30-minute break.

We arrive at the receiver over 2 hours late and have to be rescheduled. It wasn't a terrible waste of time because trainer had to take 10 hour break, anyway. Receiver allows overnight parking, so no problems. 01:30, trainer receives call that we have a door for delivery.

I am able to login to the ELD, so my driving begins. I perform my first back since August 2020. It was a little rough, but I got it done without hitting anything/anyone and it didn't take too long (10 minutes). We begin planning the trip for our next load. The address for where we are picking up isn't recognized by the GPS. I eventually pull out the atlas, but that isn't any help. Trainer is trying for hours to reach dispatch and can't reach anyone. He suspects that it is a problem with the phones at the office. I finally figure out that the name of the street provided in the load information had an errant letter (street name "America" misspelled "American"). Got the directions from GPS without issue.

Still being unloaded as I submit this post.

Tough stuff, Kerry.

So very happy for YOU!

Shoulder of mine still being abhorrent is setting ME back; but I follow along excitedly!

Thanks for the updates, man. You got this; that I'm sure of.

~ Anne ~